Roman Britain also had people from well beyond the Roman empire - including some who were ethnically Chinese!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-37452287/skeleton-find-could-rewrite-roman-history …
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All I'm seeing from this is that auxiliaries were stationed or fought close by, that's it. No idea if died naturally or in battle.
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This might work for some cems, but def not all—urban cems esp are used over long period, some high status, men+women+children present etc >
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> plus some evidence from countryside too etc, e.g. https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/735761635806060544 … ...
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Honestly Caitlin, if several hundred brits were found in Africa would that make it ethnically diverse or a fragment of history?
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Well, there are graves of Britons in Roman-era N. Africa and Near East, but I think the evidence we have suggests a significant degree of >
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> diversity in at least urban populations and also beyond in Roman Britain, which is def worth noting given the evidence we have esp re: >
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I'd say east med ethnically diverse, it's was a hotbed for everything. Britain on fringe not diverse. Just a colony. A wet one at that.

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True on weather: some of the letters home requesting socks show people underwhelmed by the weather here! But I guess my point here is that >
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Less than 2% from Roman/Greek DNA yet far less other. Such an impact that Roman ethnic diversity left little impact. More from Saxon/viking.
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Caitlin, if it was so ethnically diverse, why DNA amongst folks shows almost negligible trace today? Yet plenty from Saxon and Norse?
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